Surah Al-Mutaffifin, Ayah 21-36 — Word by Word
المطففين
The Defrauding
Explanations are simplified from tafsirs by Ibn Kathir, Mufti Muhammad Shafi, and Maulana Wahiduddin Khan. Spot an inaccuracy? Let us know.
yashhaduhu l-muqarabūna
Which is witnessed by those brought near [to Allāh].
inna l-abrāra lafī naʿīmin
Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure
ʿalā l-arāiki yanẓurūna
On adorned couches, observing.
taʿrifu fī wujūhihim naḍrata l-naʿīmi
You will recognize in their faces the radiance of pleasure.
yus'qawna min raḥīqin makhtūmin
They will be given to drink [pure] wine [which was] sealed.
khitāmuhu mis'kun wafī dhālika falyatanāfasi l-mutanāfisūna
The last of it is musk. So for this let the competitors compete.
wamizājuhu min tasnīmin
And its mixture is of Tasneem,
ʿaynan yashrabu bihā l-muqarabūna
A spring from which those near [to Allāh] drink.
inna alladhīna ajramū kānū mina alladhīna āmanū yaḍḥakūna
Indeed, those who committed crimes used to laugh at those who believed.
wa-idhā marrū bihim yataghāmazūna
And when they passed by them, they would exchange derisive glances.
wa-idhā inqalabū ilā ahlihimu inqalabū fakihīna
And when they returned to their people, they would return jesting.
wa-idhā ra-awhum qālū inna hāulāi laḍāllūna
And when they saw them, they would say, "Indeed, those are truly lost."
wamā ur'silū ʿalayhim ḥāfiẓīna
But they had not been sent as guardians over them.
fal-yawma alladhīna āmanū mina l-kufāri yaḍḥakūna
So Today those who believed are laughing at the disbelievers,
ʿalā l-arāiki yanẓurūna
On adorned couches, observing.
hal thuwwiba l-kufāru mā kānū yafʿalūna
Have the disbelievers [not] been rewarded [this Day] for what they used to do?